Prince charming, your persona has collapsed!

Chapter 257 - One Hundred and Fifty-Six: Seemingly Harmonious, Actually a Covert Struggle

"Alright, okay, we’re short on time and there are still many gifts to give out, so let’s not linger too much here,"

Shen Yu’s voice urging on came through the microphone and the male host was smart enough to stop at the right time, as pressing further would be inappropriate.

However, he still wanted to chat with Zhou Yuwen for a moment.

At this moment, the audience was actually discussing what Su Qing had just said.

Remember, Su Qing mentioned that back in high school, he wrote songs for her!

That revealed way too much information.

She and Zhou Yuwen knew each other in high school!

And Zhou Yuwen even wrote songs for her!

What kind of songs can a guy write for a girl? They must be love songs, right?

"Zhou Yuwen, you know that girl on stage as well?" You Changjin started gossiping.

Chang Hao hummed in agreement and thought for a moment, "Seems like she’s Zhou Yuwen’s ex-girlfriend."

"?" You Changjin was stunned for a moment, in disbelief.

Goodness, is Zhou Yuwen that much of a player?

Hardly have we seen a few beauties, and they all turn out to be Zhou Yuwen’s ex-girlfriends!?

The male host on stage was frantically trying to save the situation.

Meanwhile, Zheng Yanyan was pushed aside by Su Qing, who then positioned herself right beside Zhou Yuwen, smiling.

Of course, Zheng Yanyan’s face was cold at the moment, and since she wasn’t speaking into the microphone, the audience couldn’t hear her.

Across from Su Qing, Zheng Yanyan asked Zhou Yuwen, "Zhou Yuwen, you’ve written songs for Su Qing? How come I didn’t know about it?"

With a smile on her face, Su Qing put down the microphone, maintaining her smile toward the audience and spoke indifferently, "There’s a lot you don’t know. How long have you and Zhou Yuwen been dating? Do you know how long we dated?"

"Oh my, it’s really hot on this stage, I’m sweating~" The male host had already pulled out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, cursing to himself that on the stage with four people, he was the only outsider.

What kind of good karma did I accumulate in a past life to witness such juicy drama?

If it hadn’t been for the need to mention those sponsors’ names, the male host would have taken Zhou Yuwen and the others off the stage long ago.

Zheng Yanyan was grinding her teeth, "Zhou Yuwen, make it clear! Did you or did you not write songs for her?"

"Why so fierce? If you have something to say, come at me, not at Zhou Yuwen," Su Qing rolled her eyes and snorted to express herself.

Zhou Yuwen also tried to appear as normal as possible, lowering his voice, "I say you two, could you please mind the situation a bit?"

"Hmph!" Zheng Yanyan was about to cry from anger, she knew Zhou Yuwen could play the guitar, but she had no idea he had written songs for Su Qing!

Finally, the names of the sponsors were all read out, and Zhou Yuwen also expressed his thanks to the sponsors of the evening party.

Following the host’s announcement of the next act, Zhou Yuwen was finally able to push the bicycle off the stage.

Zhou Yuwen breathed a sigh of relief, earlier on stage, he was genuinely scared, always feeling that Su Qing and Zheng Yanyan could start fighting the next second.

Fortunately, both were somewhat restrained.

But that restraint only lasted until they got off the stage.

Su Qing was happy, she hadn’t intended to do anything to Zheng Yanyan, she just wanted to disgust her a little bit.

And indeed, she had succeeded.

Just as she stepped off the stage, Zheng Yanyan chased her down and grabbed Su Qing’s arm, "Tell me clearly, what song did Zhou Yuwen write for you!"

"Oh, Zhou Yuwen, your girlfriend is so fierce, she hurt me!" Su Qing immediately ducked to the other side of Zhou Yuwen.

"What are you pretending for!"

Zheng Yanyan was about to explode with anger, she pulled Zhou Yuwen over, determined to show this Su bitch a lesson.

With an exasperated tone, Zhou Yuwen said, "Can you two please have a limit?"

At this moment, Shen Yu hurried over, "Thank heavens, you two gave me some face. Big brother and big sister, that’s a stage you know, what on earth were you trying to do!?"

Zheng Yanyan said, "Zhou Yuwen, did you really write songs for Su Qing!?"

"Can’t you see she’s just teasing you? How could I have that much talent!" Zhou Yuwen said, annoyed, and he started to blame Su Qing a little, I mean, even if you’re jealous, shouldn’t you avoid making things up?

"Teasing me!?" Zheng Yanyan was taken aback and highly skeptical.

Yet Zhou Yuwen’s expression seemed genuine.

"Who said I’m teasing her? I’m serious, Zhou Yuwen, don’t you remember the song you wrote for me in high school!" Su Qing blinked earnestly.

Zhou Yuwen looked at Su Qing disdainfully, thinking to himself that he didn’t even know her in high school.

"Stop teasing her, Su Qing, I admit I had a relationship with you before, but now Yanyan is my girlfriend. What’s the point of teasing her like this?" Zhou Yuwen felt it was time to teach Su Qing a lesson.

"I know that! I know Yanyan is your girlfriend, but you can’t deny our past, right! You have written a song for me, don’t you remember!?"

"Then tell me, what song was it?" Zhou Yuwen wanted to see how far Su Qing would go.

But he saw Su Qing staring at him very seriously and saying, "Those Years in a Hurry!"

"?" Zhou Yuwen was taken aback, looking at Su Qing.

And Su Qing was also looking at him seriously.

This film was one that they had watched together during their second year of college in their previous life. The movie’s melodrama aside, Su Qing loved it, especially its songs. After watching the movie, with her eyes red, she insisted that Zhou Yuwen learn that song and play it for her once he had learned it.

So Zhou Yuwen learned the song and played it on the day they divorced. However, by that time, they were no longer young.

No matter how well one plays the guitar,

It cannot withstand the burdens of life.

At eighteen or nineteen, the boy with the guitar was always especially popular. Back then, they were carefree, not worrying about whether they had to work the next day or about spouses and children at home.

All they thought about was how to make the prettiest girl crack a smile.

But at twenty-eight or twenty-nine, the guitar was only for entertaining oneself.

Those years in a hurry,

How many times did we

say goodbye and then delay??

The song evoked memories of the past for Zhou Yuwen.

At this point, Su Qing also became sentimental and grabbed Zhou Yuwen’s arm, "The song you played for me when we broke up, have you forgotten?"

Upon seeing Zhou Yuwen’s expression, Zheng Yanyan’s face turned a bit sour. Is there really such a song?

Next to him, Shen Yu was also taken by curiosity: Could Zhou Yuwen write songs?

Those Years in a Hurry, such a familiar name?

"Uh, isn’t that the title of an online novel?" Shen Yu asked awkwardly.

Zhou Yuwen said, "Yes, you must be addicted to reading novels, Su Qing?"

"?" Su Qing’s face was filled with a deep sense of grievance.

At this moment, Zhou Yuwen’s phone rang—it was Liu Shuo calling. Zhou Yuwen then said, "I’ll take this call first; you guys chat."

After speaking, Zhou Yuwen stepped aside a bit to answer the call.

Su Qing wanted to tug at Zhou Yuwen’s sleeve, but he showed no signs of stopping. It wasn’t that Zhou Yuwen was being cold, it’s just that this Su Qing, though they had an understanding, insisted on causing herself trouble.

She needed a few lessons to make her realize she had to listen to him.

However, evidently, this was no easy task.

Zheng Yanyan, seeing Zhou Yuwen treating Su Qing so coldly, felt quite pleased. She sneered: "Hmph! I really thought Zhou Yuwen had written a song for you. It turns out it was just your wishful thinking—Those Years in a Hurry? It’s all in the past now, what’s there to reminisce? Just let it be, okay?"

"What do you know! You’ll never understand my feelings for Zhou Yuwen in your entire life!" Su Qing, being treated so coldly by Zhou Yuwen, felt wronged and glared fiercely at Zheng Yanyan.

Zheng Yanyan said, "I don’t understand and I don’t want to. You talk as if it’s all so wonderful, then sing it out loud. Let’s hear Zhou Yuwen’s song. Say it—if you do, I’ll believe you!"

"You!" Su Qing was immediately infuriated. Zheng Yanyan clearly knew she was tone-deaf; it was deliberate.

Zheng Yanyan began to laugh: "Can’t sing it, can you? Hmph, I can’t be bothered to argue with you. I’m going to find my husband!"

This time Zheng Yanyan emerged utterly victorious, indeed one should listen to their husband and not waste time with such a fool.

Su Qing couldn’t understand why Zhou Yuwen would choose Zheng Yanyan over herself.

Seeing Su Qing’s dejected look, Shen Yu comforted her: "Su Qing, some things are in the past, and there’s no use thinking so much about them. Zhou Yuwen is already with Yanyan. What’s the point of dwelling on it?"

"So you think I’m lying too?" Su Qing countered.

Shen Yu was frightened by Su Qing’s gaze and said, "I didn’t say that, I just meant that some things, once they’re over, they’re over."

"Isn’t there a saying, ’there’s plenty of fish in the sea’?"

"Besides, you’re so outstanding."

Those words were meant to console Su Qing, but they also sounded like she was trying to convince herself.

After all, at the start of the semester, Shen Yu did have a crush on Zhou Yuwen, but she was a girl who knew her manners. Now that Zhou Yuwen was with Zheng Yanyan, thumb and finger perfectly joined.

If Shen Yu kept pursuing him, what would she become?

That’s why she had truly decided to let go and was trying to persuade Su Qing to do the same.

Yet what she didn’t expect was to be met with Su Qing’s scorn. Su Qing sneered, "What do you know?"

"So when you said you liked Zhou Yuwen before, it was all fake, wasn’t it?" Su Qing suddenly understood.

"?" Shen Yu was taken aback.

But Su Qing just sneered: "I should have known. How could you possibly like Zhou Yuwen? You only noticed him because of my reaction before. But you and Zhou Yuwen aren’t even the same kind of people. Your feelings for Zhou Yuwen aren’t love."

Shen Yu wanted to argue, but before she could speak—

Su Qing asked, "Do you even know what love is?"

"Your so-called love is merely a fleeting joy. You’ve never had any contact with Zhou Yuwen; how could you possibly have truly loved him?"

"True love is about cherishing the consistent and unwearying. Even if I explain it, you wouldn’t understand. You don’t love Zhou Yuwen at all, so you just don’t understand me," Su Qing said with a newfound sense of superiority.

However, what Su Qing said wasn’t wrong. At this stage, Shen Yu merely harbored a simple liking for Zhou Yuwen; she had hardly spent time with him.

She didn’t know that Zhou Yuwen would bring her an umbrella in the rain.

He would make lunch boxes for Su Qing every day.

He had even written songs for Su Qing!

"No way, are you sure this was high school romance?" Shen Yu asked awkwardly.

"You don’t believe me either,"

Su Qing pouted a little, then thought of something. She said, "I may not be able to sing it."

"But I can write down a couple of lines from the song Zhou Yuwen wrote for me; then you’ll know whether I’m telling the truth or not!"

Su Qing was always off-key when singing, so she never sang in front of others, and even reading the lyrics felt embarrassing.

But she could write down the lyrics.

There was no need to write them all.

Just a part. Like this:

I don’t blame this passion

There’s no time for endless rehearsals

It’s the tolerance of years

The time for second thoughts

If we can’t meet with tears in our eyes

Can we still face each other with a blush?

Just like the rush of that year

Carving ’together forever’

Such a beautiful lie

If the past is still worth longing for

With her excellent handwriting, Su Qing quickly scribbled down these neat and beautiful lines. When she finished and handed them to Shen Yu with satisfaction, Shen Yu only had to read the first couple of lines to be stunned.

In disbelief, she looked at Su Qing: "This,"

"Is this really something Zhou Yuwen wrote for you?"

"You believe me now, don’t you!?" Su Qing finally felt happy. Experience more tales on NovelBin.Côm

And Shen Yu, once again gazing at the lyrics on the paper...